To be or not to be social: Foraging associations of free-ranging dogs in an urban ecosystem

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Majumder, Sreejani Sen ^a   Bhadra, Anandarup ^a   Ghosh, Arjun ^a   Mitra, Soumitra ^a   Bhattacharjee, Debottam ^a   Chatterjee, Jit ^a   Nandi, Anjan K ^b   Bhadra, Anindita ^a  

^a BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Ecoethology; Foraging association; Free ranging dogs; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84894258347     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-013-0158-0     Document Type: Article

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